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European History Trivia
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Who led the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?
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What name is given to the period of artistic and cultural rebirth in Europe?
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In which country did the Renaissance begin during the 14th century?
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Which German Renaissance artist created the engraving 'Melencolia I'?
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Which country did Joseph Stalin lead from the 1920s until his death in 1953?
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Which iron tower in Paris was built for the 1889 World's Fair?
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Which French heroine led troops to victory and was burned at the stake in 1431?
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Which 1689 law limited the monarchy after the Glorious Revolution?
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Which 1381 English uprising protested heavy taxation?
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The 1815 congress that redrew the map of Europe after Napoleon was held in which city?
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Which British admiral died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805?
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Which mountain range forms the border between France and Spain?
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Which plague, called the Black Death, killed millions of Europeans in the 14th century?
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Who led the Redshirts and helped unify Italy in the 19th century?
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In which year did euro banknotes and coins enter circulation?
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Which Italian artist painted the Mona Lisa?
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The ancient Olympic Games originated in which country?
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Which 12th-century Holy Roman Emperor was nicknamed 'Barbarossa'?
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Which empire did Queen Victoria rule, said to be one 'on which the sun never set'?
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Which 1572 massacre killed thousands of French Protestants in Paris?
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Which royal dynasty ruled Austria for centuries?
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Which ancient Greek city-state was famed for its strict militaristic society?
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Which fascist dictator led Italy from the 1920s until 1943?
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Which European city hosted the 1936 Olympic Games used for Nazi propaganda?
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Which 1825 uprising by Russian army officers sought political reform?
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Which queen was executed in 1587 after years of imprisonment under Elizabeth I?
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What did Martin Luther reportedly nail to a church door in Wittenberg in 1517?
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Which 1571 naval battle saw a Christian alliance crush the Ottoman fleet?
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The Cold War divide between Eastern and Western Europe was nicknamed the what?
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Which English playwright wrote 'Hamlet' around 1600?
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Which 1936-1939 war ended with Francisco Franco's victory?
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Which Italian astronomer was tried by the Inquisition in 1633 for supporting heliocentrism?
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Which English queen reigned from 1558 to 1603 and was called the 'Virgin Queen'?
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Which European country is famous for windmills and reclaiming land from the sea?
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Which Holy Roman Emperor abdicated in 1556 and split his realms?
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Which 843 treaty divided Charlemagne's empire among his three grandsons?
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Which English king famously had six wives?
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In which year did the French Revolution begin?
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Which 1521 assembly formally declared Martin Luther an outlaw?
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Which volcano destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in AD 79?
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The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, is commonly known as what?
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Which medieval code of conduct governed the behavior of knights?
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Which Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with war elephants to attack Rome?
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Which 1850s war pitted Russia against Britain, France, and the Ottomans?
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Which 1957 treaty established the European Economic Community?
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Which French military leader was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
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Which Spanish fleet was defeated by England in 1588?
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Who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope on Christmas Day in the year 800?
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The Parthenon and Acropolis are located in which European capital?
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Which series of religious wars aimed to capture the Holy Land?
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Which German republic existed from 1919 to 1933?
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Which empire's collapse after World War I ended centuries of rule from Istanbul?
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Who ruled England as Lord Protector after the monarchy was abolished?
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Who led Nazi Germany during World War II?
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Which empire was ruled from Constantinople after the fall of Rome?
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What astronomical event did Tycho Brahe famously observe and document in 1572?
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Which 9 AD battle saw Germanic tribes destroy three Roman legions?
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Which 1914-1918 conflict was originally known as the Great War?
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Which medieval theologian wrote the 'Summa Theologica'?
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Which European country was ruled by tsars until 1917?
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Which leader of the Committee of Public Safety was guillotined in 1794?
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Which 1916 battle near a French river was among the bloodiest of World War I?
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Which Habsburg ruler governed Austria from 1740 to 1780?
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Which 1683 battle ended the Ottoman siege of Vienna?
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Which Swedish king and military innovator died at the Battle of Lรผtzen in 1632?
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Which 1356 decree set the rules for electing the Holy Roman Emperor?
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Which 1713 treaty ended the War of the Spanish Succession?
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Which sultan led the Ottoman Empire during its 16th-century golden age?
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Which English king died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?
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Which 1916 armed rebellion against British rule took place in Dublin?
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Which ancient empire was centered on the city of Rome?
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Which explorer first reached India by sea around Africa in 1498?
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Which reformer led the Protestant movement in the city of Geneva?
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Which 1077 event saw Emperor Henry IV seek the Pope's forgiveness in the snow?
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Which explorer sailed west in 1492 under the Spanish crown?
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Which Frankish leader halted a Muslim advance at the Battle of Tours in 732?
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Which Paris fortress and prison was stormed on July 14, 1789?
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Which Prussian chancellor engineered German unification in 1871?
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Which 1453 event marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?
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Which 1812 military campaign destroyed most of Napoleon's Grande Armรฉe?
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Which 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years' War?
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Which European city is home to the ancient Colosseum?
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Which Russian tsar was assassinated by the revolutionary group People's Will in 1881?
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Which French nobleman fought in the American Revolution and promoted the tricolor cockade?
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Which 1242 battle saw Alexander Nevsky defeat the Teutonic Knights on a frozen lake?
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What name describes the system of cooperation among European powers after 1815?
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Which 1740s war began with Prussia's seizure of the province of Silesia?
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Which Polish astronomer proposed a heliocentric model of the universe in 1543?
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Which royal house ruled France in the years before the Revolution?
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Which 1840s disaster, caused by potato blight, led to mass emigration from Ireland?
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Which 1666 disaster destroyed much of the city of London?
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Which royal house has occupied the British throne since 1917?
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Which Byzantine emperor codified Roman law in the 6th century?
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Which French minister championed mercantilist economic policy under Louis XIV?
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Which 1212 movement saw thousands of European youths set out for the Holy Land?
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Which ocean liner sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage to New York?
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Which 1939 invasion started World War II in Europe?
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Which 1746 clash was the last pitched battle fought on British soil?
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Which 1860 military expedition helped unify southern Italy?
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Which Norwegian king was killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066?
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Which series of revolts challenged the French crown during Louis XIV's youth?
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Which 1834 customs union linked German states economically before political unification?
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Which British monarch had the longest reign before Elizabeth II?
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What name is given to the period of mass executions during the French Revolution?
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Which medieval alliance of merchant towns dominated trade in the Baltic?
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Which 1789 French document proclaimed liberty and equality for citizens?
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The Hundred Years' War was fought mainly between England and which country?
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Which 1934 Nazi purge eliminated the leadership of the SA stormtroopers?
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Which 1905 event in St. Petersburg saw troops fire on peaceful marchers?
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Which 1755 natural disaster devastated a European capital on All Saints' Day?
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Which defensive military alliance did Western nations form in 1949?
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Which 1215 document limited the power of the English king?
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Which embroidered cloth depicts the Norman conquest of England?
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In the French Revolutionary calendar, which summer month's name means 'heat'?
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Which French king was famously known as the 'Sun King'?
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Which Dutch humanist scholar wrote 'In Praise of Folly' in 1509?
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Which French king was executed by guillotine in 1793?
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Which Russian tsar founded the city of St. Petersburg in 1703?
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Which 1938 agreement allowed Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland?
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Which 1066 battle led to the Norman conquest of England?
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Which British prime minister led the United Kingdom through most of World War II?
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Which queen ruled jointly with William III of England after the 1689 settlement?
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The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea to which ocean?
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Which revolt led to Dutch independence from Spanish rule?
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Which wall divided the German city of Berlin from 1961 to 1989?
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Which 1707 act united the kingdoms of England and Scotland as Great Britain?
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Which 1890s French scandal involved a wrongly convicted Jewish army officer?
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In which year did the Western Roman Empire traditionally fall?
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Who wrote the political treatise 'The Prince' in 1513?
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Which pope called for the First Crusade in 1095?
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Which reform movement did Martin Luther begin in 1517?
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Which 1494 treaty divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal?
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Whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 helped spark World War I?
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Which Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great?
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Which Scandinavian seafarers raided Europe from the 8th to 11th centuries?
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Which Italian maritime republic was famous for its canals and its ruler called the Doge?
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Which British king lost the American colonies and suffered bouts of mental illness?
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In which year did World War II end in Europe?
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Alexander the Great expanded which kingdom into a vast empire?
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Which 1814 treaty first exiled Napoleon to the island of Elba?
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Which 1346 battle saw English longbowmen rout a much larger French army?
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Which 1598 edict granted French Protestants substantial religious toleration?
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Which English king is the only one traditionally given the title 'the Great'?
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Which Soviet city endured a German siege of nearly 900 days during World War II?
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Barcelona is the capital of which Spanish autonomous region?
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Which 1859 battle in Italy inspired the founding of the Red Cross?
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Which 1640s conflict ended with the execution of King Charles I?
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Which medieval system divided land among lords and vassals?
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Which 1919 treaty officially ended World War I?
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Which 1805 battle is often considered Napoleon's greatest victory?
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